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One thing that computers have never been able to replace is the lyric writer. Until, perhaps, now…
Computer Music, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 10:33 am UTC
the
initialstimulusliptiklwasbornofneed.Tim(aguitarist,artistandamateursongwriter)wasalwayssaying</p>t
o>Petehowdifficulthefoundittowrite>lyrics
p>forhissongs.Likemanysongwriters,he>found
creatingmelodiesorarrangementseasierthanp>writing
lyrics.Hecouldp>havegone>outtotrytofindap>lyricisttoworkwith,buthecould
justnevergetaroundtoit.</p>Themainlythesaur
usorrhymingp>stylesoftwaretoolshehad>come
across>justdid</p>notworkforhim,either.Heneededmorefundamentalhelp:toolsforgenerati
nglyricideas!thebirthofp>liptiklNodoubtbored>by
Tim'spoorlyric-writingeffortsand>hisincessantwitteringon</p>abouthowitmustbepossible</p>to
dosomethinginsoftware,Peteonedaysaid:p>“Tim,
youdorealisep>thatwecouldcreatea</p>generative
tooltohelpyoudothat?”.Thatwas
thedefiningmoment.Wetalkedabout>what>we
wouldwantittodo,didsomep>quick</p>searches
andfoundnothingouttherequite</p>likep>what
wewerethinking.Necessitybeingthemother>of>invention,wegottoworkonit.Afterafurious
p>p>roundofprototypingandexperimentation,wefeltwep>wereontosomething!howitgotitsnameHaving
startedto>buildtheproduct,wereally>needed
to>nameit!>Weknewthekindofqualities
wewantedittohaveand>cameup>with
“elliptical”->itjustpopped>intoourheads.Weweretickled>bythisasithadabitof
wordplayinit“liptickle”,andcouldbe</p>married
withp>someneatimagery.Welikedits>quirkiness,
too,andkept>thinkingthat“ticklinglips”was
awayofstimulatingwordsandutterances,>and
teasingnewproseintoexistence!</p>So,therep>you
haveit,wedecidedontheproductname
“liptikl”foralyricgeneratorthatp>deliversunusual,</p>ob
scure,non-obvious,ambiguousandunexpected(and</p>hopefully
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